{"id":631,"date":"2008-08-04T21:31:36","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T01:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=631"},"modified":"2021-06-02T18:34:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:34:49","slug":"infernal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/631","title":{"rendered":"Infernal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Infernal<\/a><\/em> (2005) F. Paul Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The next book (9th?) in the Repairman Jack series, Infernal<\/em> again contains little but misery for Jack. A visit from Jack’s father turned terribly wrong turns into the visit from hell from Jack’s brother Tom. <\/p>\n

It’s actually impossible to say anything more than that, without giving away the main parts of the story. <\/p>\n

So how does this book fit in with the rest of the series? Well, in that Bad things continue to happen to Jack, it fits right in.<\/p>\n

SPOILER<\/strong>
\n(rot 13<\/a>)
\nV jnf vavgvnyyl tbvat gb fnl gung vg frrzf yvxr rirelbar jub xabjf Wnpx qvrf, jvgu gur rkprcgvba bs Nor, Tvn, naq Ivpxv, ohg gura V erzrzorerq gung Wnpx unq n qernz jurer nyy guerr qvrq va Ubfgf<\/em>, fb V thrff gung pbhagf, naq ng fbzr cbvag rirelbar Wnpx xabjf unf orra xvyyrq bss.<\/p>\n

Vs V xarj Wnpx, V guvax V’q or zbivat ernyyl ernyyl sne njnl nobhg abj. Znlor npebff gur pbhagel. Creuncf rira npebff gur jbeyq.
\nEND SPOILER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is this book as strong as earlier books in the series. I don’t think so. Unfortunately, the series is reaching critical mass, and is taking on a life of it’s own. I think that it would be nearly impossible to begin the series at this point, there are too many things happening that are dependent upon knowledge of past events–even having read Crisscross <\/em>recently, I’d still forgotten an important detail that came up here.<\/p>\n

I also wasn’t thrilled with the resolution of the story arc in this book. It felt rather… strained. Looking like someone does not mean that<\/p>\n

Also, Gia’s pregnancy must be the longest in the history of the world. Poor woman. Luckily for her she’s still barely showing. (Excuse me? Bogus!)<\/p>\n

If I’m sounding bitter, I’m not really, it’s just that things were not very resolved in this book, and the overarching story arc is starting to take over every book, and I’m wondering if this series is ever actually going to end. So I’m holding off reading the next book, until Bloodlines<\/em> comes out in paperback. And even then I’m going to read cautiously.
\nRating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Infernal (2005) F. Paul Wilson The next book (9th?) in the Repairman Jack series, Infernal again contains little but misery for Jack. A visit from Jack’s father turned terribly wrong turns into the visit from hell from Jack’s brother Tom. It’s actually impossible to say anything more than that, without giving away the main parts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,8,291,16],"tags":[328,329],"class_list":["post-631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-mystery","category-paper","category-supernatural","tag-f-paul-wilson","tag-repairman-jack"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/siQkW-infernal","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":691,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/691","url_meta":{"origin":631,"position":0},"title":"Harbingers","author":"Michelle","date":"October 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Harbingers (2006) F. Paul Wilson The tenth Repairman Jack novel things are beginning to come to a head as finds Jack at odds with the entities that have wreaked such havoc in his life. Abe is still trying to find a new identity for Jack, and a way for him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Harbringers.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":611,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/611","url_meta":{"origin":631,"position":1},"title":"Crisscross","author":"Michelle","date":"July 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Crisscross (2004) F. Paul Wilson Jack is still in the Repairman business, despite the fact that Gia doesn't like the way she never knows if he'll return safely from his fix-it jobs. And with Gia's pregnancy (Despite the fact this is a multi-book pregnancy, Gia is only at 20 weeks.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Crisscross.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":566,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/566","url_meta":{"origin":631,"position":2},"title":"The Haunted Air","author":"Michelle","date":"May 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Haunted Air (2002) F. Paul Wilson The sixth Repairman Jack novel, Haunted Air takes place a year after the events of The Tomb. Jack is still in turmoil after the events of Hosts as he attempts to deal with Kate's death. Like the previous books, Jack is still learning\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/Haunted-Air.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":514,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/514","url_meta":{"origin":631,"position":3},"title":"The Tomb","author":"Michelle","date":"February 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Tomb (1984\/2004) F. Paul Wilson Repairman Jack fixes things. Not appliances or houses or anything so prosaic, but instead fixes situations. When he is asked to \"fix\" two separate problems at the same time, little did he realize that the situation would turn deadly--and the girl he loves in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Tomb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":525,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/525","url_meta":{"origin":631,"position":4},"title":"All the Rage","author":"Michelle","date":"March 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"All the Rage (2000) F. Paul Wilson The third Repairman Jack novel, Conspiracies, has not been reprinted, and the used prices were a little steep, so I skipped Conspiracies and went straight to the fourth book, All the Rage. As with the previous two Repairman Jack books I read, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/All-the-Rage.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":541,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/541","url_meta":{"origin":631,"position":5},"title":"Hosts","author":"Michelle","date":"March 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Hosts (2001) F. Paul Wilson The further into the Repairman Jack series I get, the more I'm starting to miss having read Conspiracies. In the fifth Repairman Jack novel, things start out badly for Jack when he's on a Subway car where a man pulls out a gun and starts\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Hosts.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}